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Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill

Amendment 74 74: After Clause 37, insert the following new Clause— "Public authorities to provide apprenticeships for care leavers (1) Any of the public authorities listed in subsection (2) which provide apprenticeship agreements should, wherever possible, aim to ensure that at least ten per cent of all their apprenticeship agreements are made with care leavers between the ages of 16 and 25. (2) This section applies to the following public authorities— (a) a government department other than the Security Service, the Secret Intelligence Service or the Government Communications Head-quarters, (b) a county council or district council in England, (c) the Greater London Authority, (d) a London borough council, (e) the Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as a local authority, (f) the Council of the Isles of Scilly, (g) a Strategic Health Authority established under section 13 of the National Health Service Act 2006 (c. 41), or continued in existence by virtue of that section, (h) a Primary Care Trust established under section 18 of that Act, or continued in existence by virtue of that section, (i) a Regional Development Agency established by the Regional Development Agencies Act 1998 (c. 45), (j) a police authority established for an area in England, (k) a school."